5g4 peristekid.3:. 



occiput of a deep purple-blue, abruptly defined from the white fore- 

 head ; hind neck bronze-green ; back purple-violet ; rump and upper 

 tail-coverts violet-blue ; wings very much as in 0. sajophirina, but 

 without the white spot near the tip of the outer web of one of 

 the inner secondaries ; tail as in the allied species, but wants the 

 white spot near the tips of the outer tail-feathers, which have a slight 

 indication of a white spot near tho tip of the inner web ; breast 

 distinctly grey ; rest of the underparts as in 0. sappMHna : bill 

 dark brown or black ; feet pale brown in the dried skin. Total 

 length about 8 inches, wing 5-2, tail 2-6, bill 0-66, tarsus 1*4. 

 Hub. Ecuador, but the real place is unknown. 



a. Ad. sk. Ecuador (/. Gould). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



(Type of species.) 



30. GE0TRYG0N. „ 



Type. 



Geotrygon, Gosse, Birds of Jamaica, p. 316 (1847) G. cristata. 



Oreopeleia, Rchnb. Av. Syst. Nat. p. xxv (1852) G. martinica. 



Oropeleia, Bp. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1854, p. 140, gen. 1681. 



Range. From Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Tail, quills, and under wing-coverts for the 

 greater part cinnamon. 

 a'. Abdomen and under tail-coverts white . . violacea, p. 565. 

 b' . Abdomen and under tail-coverts not 

 white. 

 a". Upper parts rufous, with more or less 

 purple reflections. 

 a"'. Nape purple like the back. 



a*. Smaller : wing from 5-35 to 575 

 inches ; bill from gape 0"86 



inch montana, p. 567. 



V. Larger : wing about 6 inches ; 



bill from gape 1-05 inch martinica, p. 570. 



b'". Nape and occiput metallic green . . chrysia, p. 571. 

 b''. Upper parts olive, with violet and 

 green reflections on the nape and 



mantle mystacea, p. 572. 



b. Tail dark, with no rufous tinge ; quills more 

 or less cinnamon like the under wing- 

 coverts. 

 c'. Primaries cinnamon both on the outer 



and inner webs cristata, p. 573. 



d'. Primaries cinnamon only towards the base 

 of the inner webs. 

 c". Mantle violet; rump and upper tail- 

 coverts purple-violet caniceps, p. 574. 



d". Upper parts dark brown- olive, with a 

 dull purple tinge on the mantle and 

 hind neck veraguensis, p. 575, 



